# QAMAR JALIL — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

### revision

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### repository

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### schema version

6

### importer version

7

### projection id

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### observed at

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### built at

2026-09-11T07:45:51.576183+00:00

### courses

8951

### current instructors

5754

### limited

false

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### term

1272

### departments

| subject   | count |
| --------- | ----- |
| AAE       | 90    |
| ABT       | 20    |
| ACCTIS    | 36    |
| ACTSCI    | 14    |
| AFAERO    | 10    |
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| AGROECOL  | 21    |
| AMERIND   | 53    |
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| ANATOMY   | 2     |
| ANESTHES  | 8     |
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| ART       | 125   |
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| ASIALANG  | 129   |
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| ASIANAM   | 28    |
| ASTRON    | 38    |
| ATMOCN    | 69    |
| BIOCHEM   | 51    |
| BIOCORE   | 10    |
| BIOLOGY   | 14    |
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| C\&ESOC   | 73    |
| CBE       | 48    |
| CHEM      | 101   |
| CHICLA    | 52    |
| CIVENGR   | 133   |
| CLASSICS  | 47    |
| CNP       | 10    |
| CNSRSCI   | 50    |
| COMARTS   | 137   |
| COMPBIO   | 15    |
| COMPLIT   | 11    |
| COMPSCI   | 138   |
| COUNPSY   | 78    |
| CRB       | 19    |
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| CSCS      | 40    |
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| DANCE     | 93    |
| DERM      | 8     |
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| DYSCI     | 35    |
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| ECON      | 145   |
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| EMERMED   | 17    |
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| GLE       | 48    |
| GNS       | 38    |
| GREEK     | 27    |
| HDFS      | 41    |
| HEBR-BIB  | 13    |
| HEBR-MOD  | 10    |
| HISTORY   | 233   |
| HISTSCI   | 56    |
| HONCOL    | 13    |
| ILS       | 43    |
| INFOSYS   | 9     |
| INTEGART  | 7     |
| INTEGSCI  | 22    |
| INTER-AG  | 18    |
| INTER-HE  | 11    |
| INTER-LS  | 22    |
| INTEREGR  | 16    |
| INTLBUS   | 21    |
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| KINES     | 128   |
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| MEDSC-M   | 29    |
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| MILSCI    | 16    |
| MM\&I     | 22    |
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| MS\&E     | 59    |
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| MUSPERF   | 126   |
| NAVSCI    | 20    |
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| NEURODPT  | 11    |
| NEUROL    | 7     |
| NEURSURG  | 4     |
| NTP       | 11    |
| NURSING   | 111   |
| NUTRSCI   | 65    |
| OBS\&GYN  | 18    |
| OCCTHER   | 39    |
| ONCOLOGY  | 14    |
| OPHTHALM  | 5     |
| OTM       | 43    |
| PATH      | 34    |
| PATH-BIO  | 29    |
| PEDIAT    | 26    |
| PHARMACY  | 31    |
| PHILOS    | 77    |
| PHMCOL-M  | 11    |
| PHMPRAC   | 45    |
| PHMSCI    | 60    |
| PHYASST   | 37    |
| PHYSICS   | 88    |
| PHYSIOL   | 3     |
| PHYTHER   | 37    |
| PLANTSCI  | 52    |
| PLPATH    | 35    |
| POLISCI   | 192   |
| POPHLTH   | 58    |
| PORTUG    | 33    |
| PSYCH     | 101   |
| PSYCHIAT  | 22    |
| PUBAFFR   | 54    |
| PUBLHLTH  | 23    |
| RADIOL    | 11    |
| REALEST   | 41    |
| RELIGST   | 90    |
| RHABMED   | 9     |
| RMI       | 24    |
| RP\&SE    | 102   |
| S\&APHM   | 17    |
| SCANDST   | 73    |
| SLAVIC    | 89    |
| SOC       | 149   |
| SOCWORK   | 87    |
| SOILSCI   | 46    |
| SPANISH   | 83    |
| SRMED     | 21    |
| STAT      | 94    |
| STDYABRD  | 52    |
| STS       | 8     |
| SURGERY   | 25    |
| SURGSCI   | 33    |
| THEATRE   | 91    |
| URBRPL    | 60    |
| UROLOGY   | 5     |
| ZOOLOGY   | 89    |

## instructor

### instructor uid

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### source

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### source instructor id

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### identity basis

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### identity status

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### name

QAMAR JALIL

### first observed at

2026-09-06 23:14:58.172943+00:00

### last observed at

2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00

### ratings

#### review count

5

#### quality

3

#### difficulty

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#### quality count

5

#### difficulty count

5

#### profile id

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#### source url

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#### match basis

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#### observed at

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#### courses

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#### prior mean

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#### prior weight

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### current

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### courses

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### revision

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### instructor url

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## history

None recorded.

## timeline

None recorded.

## term

1272

## courses

None recorded.

## reviews

### items

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    "comment": "I love this professor! Very helpful and teaches basic concepts over and over again until you understand. He will even stay extra in OH to make sure you get the material. Urdu is not an easy language to learn but the prof. is great.",
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    "review_date": "2010-02-10 09:34:37 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "not a great teacher. no grammar in class, you have to go in for &quot;extra help&quot; to actually learn the language.",
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    "review_date": "2009-10-25 23:39:09 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "While generally a friendly guy, I think that Qamar doesn't really understand how to be a teacher.  He's a native Urdu speaker but that alone doesn't make him good at teaching others how to speak the language.",
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    "comment": "Qamar does not use the textbook, teaches no grammar, and expects students to &quot;intuitively&quot; learn this difficult language.  If you're a desi native speaker, you can slack in his classes, but if you're not, well, good luck.",
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    "comment": "Good guy to learn from. Very helpful and friendly.",
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```

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### page

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### courses

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